# Accident 19980926035429A: Cessna 172P, Farmville, NC, September 26, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1998, 07:05 local time
- Place: Farmville, NC
- Airport: Flanagan Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5567° N, 77.5606° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLANAGAN FLD (N08), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5567&lon=-77.5606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54013, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54013-2013-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 341 total, 137 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL98LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980926035429A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

9/26/98: AIRCRAFT N54013 DEPARTED KINSTON REGIONAL JETPORT (KISO) ON A PART 91 FLIGHT TO FLANAGAN FIELD (NO8). ON LANDING AT FLANAGAN AIRSTRIP, NO8, A GRASS RUNWAY, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RUNWAY HAD DEW ON IT, AND HE HAD NO BRAKING ACTION. THE PILOT VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK A TRACTOR AND TRAILER, WHICH CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING STRUT, RIGHT WING SPAR, RIGHT UPPER AND LOWER ENGINE COWLINGS, PROP SPINNER AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE TO ENGINE. (.4) ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1998, ABOUT 0705 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172P, N54013, COLLIDED WITH A TRACTOR DURING LANDING ON A GRASS STRIP IN FARMVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE COMMERCIAL PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KINSTON REGIONAL JETPORT IN KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA, AT 0650. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FLEW A LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 03. HE STATED THE FINAL APPROACH WAS FLOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 65 TO 70 KNOTS WITH 30 DEGREES OF FLAPS. HE SAID HE LANDED ABOUT 500FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, AND DURING INITIAL BRAKING THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. HOWEVER, THE PILOT SAID, THAT AFTER A SHORT TIME THE BRAKES LOCKED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WET GRASS RUNWAY STRIKING A TRACTOR AND FARM EQUIPMENT. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE WERE REPORTED BY THE PILOT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, FOUND IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING STRUT, RIGHT WING SPAR, RIGHT UPPER AND LOWER ENGINE COWLINGS, PROP SPINNER, AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE TO THE ENGINE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL98LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA132), Sep 26, 1998: Cessna 172P (N54013), Farmville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft and his improper use of the brakes, which led to the aircraft departing the left side of the runway. Contributing factors were the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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